Rioting asylum seekers on Wednesday triggered a large-scale deployment of the police in the town in Lower Bavaria.
Originally, an African was scheduled to be deported from the asylum shelter there, which led to the escalation, according to a statement issued by the police headquarters.
The officials were initially approached by a Nigerian while searching for the man slated for deportation from Sierra Leone. The asylum seeker started harassing the officers. They arrested him despite fierce resistance, but other Africans joined in resisting the police.
The crowd blocked off the police car, and the detainee managed to escape. The Nigerian and two companions were soon arrested near the property.
In the afternoon, more Africans started rioting at the facility, threatening the security service. The security staff members were eventually forced to retreat from the property in lock down.
The police then moved in together with riot police and a special task force. Since there was a risk that the angry Nigerians could move to the nearby highway, a section of the A92 was temporarily blocked too.
The security forces searched 41 people and arrested 14 asylum seekers.
The asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, who is to be deported, was not in the accommodation. His whereabouts are still unknown.
The German federal government has been giving money to aid local authorities in coping with the integration costs of “refugees”. Overall, 6,85 billion euros will be made available, reported broadcaster ARD, citing the Federal Ministry of Finance.
German states will therefore receive 2, 224 billion euros, from 2019 to 2022 annually . The federal government, state and local governments reached an agreement on funding in September.
The Ministry of Finance contradicted an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, which reported that the Merkel’s administration would spend more than 15 billion euros in the same period on integrating migrants. The newspaper had cited the present bill.